LaMarcus Aldridge

San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford mentioned Arn Tellem after signing big man LaMarcus Aldridge. The Orlando staff recently thanked Tellem for helping to secure Mario Hezonja's release from his European club, freeing the fifth overall draft pick to play for the Magic. Tellem spoke in Las Vegas on Wednesday during the summer league enrichment program. Tellem, who will assume his duties as Palace Sports & Entertainment vice chairman Aug. 3, is transitioning from being one of the league's most powerful agents to joining the Pistons. The PS&E and the Pistons stunned the league in early June when they hired Tellem to bring his negotiating acumen to several high-profile...

The Thunder will keep Enes Kanter after matching an offer sheet by the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. Oklahoma City acquired the center in a trade with the Utah Jazz last season, and he helped the Thunder while Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka battled...

LAS VEGAS Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that he recently sent some joking texts to San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. After all, Popovich's Spurs took huge steps in free agency to make them perhaps the biggest roadblock to the Warriors' repeating as...

LAS VEGAS Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that he recently sent some joking texts to San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. After all, Popovich's Spurs took huge steps in free agency to make them perhaps the biggest roadblock to the Warriors' repeating as...

Broderick Turner rates the 30 teams and where they stand, after offseason moves, with comments.
1.CLEVELAND: "I'm the best player in the world," LeBron James said at the NBA Finals. Can't argue that. Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love will help.
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Marcus Morris comes to the Detroit Pistons with a chip on his shoulder. Blindsided by his trade from Phoenix, the 25-year-old small forward said he will use it as motivation to help the Pistons get back in the playoff hunt. "I wouldn't say...

Nine days after "The Meeting" and five days after LaMarcus Aldridge officially snubbed the Lakers, General Manager Mitch Kupchak finally had a chance to speak publicly about it.
Kupchak acknowledged the Lakers need to change how they make...

OAKLAND, Calif. Draymond Green got his NBA championship, and Thursday, he reaped the rewards for his efforts toward it when he officially signed his five-year, $82 million contract at Warriors headquarters. Then he promptly put a microphone to his...

You have got to wear your big boy pants if you want to compete in the West.
That became even more apparent after one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of the NBA, in which the Los Angeles Clippers and DeAndre Jordan held the sporting world...

The kid we all used to be loves David West right now. Meanwhile, every business maven around respects LeBron James right about now. The clear winners this week are the San Antonio Spurs and LeBron James, Inc. Both entities have dominated the...

LaMarcus Aldridge just agreed to leave Portland for San Antonio, and the Spurs look potentially quite majestic again. DeAndre Jordan just bolted the Clippers for Dallas, and Chris Paul's team is in some deep trouble. Yep, the 2015 NBA big-ticket...

Veteran forward David West walked away from a $12-million payday with the Indiana Pacers to chase a title in his 13th NBA season, accepting a one-year, minimum-salary contract worth $1.4 million to join the San Antonio Spurs, the Associated Press...

LaMarcus Aldridge got the answers he needed from the San Antonio Spurs. And the Spurs apparently got the answer they wanted. Ending a frantic few days of courtship — and perhaps cementing the Spurs as the preseason favorites to win yet another NBA title —...

The Lakers have agreed to sign free agent forward Brandon Bass.
After an ineffective start to free agency in July, getting turned down by the likes of LaMarcus Aldridge, DeAndre Jordan and Greg Monroe, the Lakers have rebounded with a pending trade for...

LaMarcus Aldridge agreed to contract terms with the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, representing another off-season in which the Lakers failed to corral the players they wanted.
It's become familiar now, the Lakers pitching to high-end players, waiting...

LaMarcus Aldridge got the answers he needed from the San Antonio Spurs.
And the Spurs apparently got the answer they wanted.
Ending a frantic few days of courtship — and perhaps cementing the Spurs as the preseason favorites to win yet another NBA title...

The Lakers are no longer the Lakers.
The basketball world knows it, their front office needs to own it, and the Buss children need to start acting like it if they have any chance of becoming the Lakers again.
The Lakers are no longer the Lakers, and...

The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the annual Fourth of July celebration of one's right to stuff his face, was won by someone other than Joey "Jaws" Chestnut for the first time in nine years. Matt "Megatoad" Stonie pulled off the...

NBA free agency began in Los Angeles at 9:01 p.m. on Tuesday. The Lakers have agreed to terms with exactly zero free agents.
The team met twice with forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who announced on Saturday that he'll join the San Antonio Spurs.
Marc...

The Indiana Pacers have engaged the Dallas Mavericks in discussions about a three-way sign-and-trade agreement that would potentially bring former All-Star center Roy Hibbert to the Clippers, a league executive told The Times on Saturday, though the...